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Author : Dacre Smyth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780957894426
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (944 download)
Download or read book The Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia written by Dacre Smyth and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gilad James, PhD
Publisher : Gilad James Mystery School
ISBN 13 : 7457348115
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (573 download)
Download or read book Introduction to French Polynesia written by Gilad James, PhD and published by Gilad James Mystery School. This book was released on with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: French Polynesia is a group of 118 islands located in the central region of the South Pacific Ocean. The islands are divided into five main groups: the Society Islands, the Tuamotu Archipelago, the Gambier Islands, the Marquesas Islands, and the Austral Islands. French Polynesia is also known for its coral reefs and lagoons, and it is a popular tourist destination due to its beautiful scenery and warm climate. French Polynesia has a rich history and cultural heritage. It was first inhabited by the Polynesians, who lived there for thousands of years before European explorers arrived in the 16th century. The islands were later colonized by the French in the 19th century and became a French overseas territory in 1946. Today, French Polynesia has a unique blend of French and Polynesian cultures, with French being the official language and Polynesian culture being celebrated through music, dance, and art.
Author : Eric Kjellgren
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588391469
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Adorning the World written by Eric Kjellgren and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2005 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The imagery of Marquesan art is testament to the myriad beings and creatures who inhabited the Marquesan universe - gods, ancestors, humans, lizards, turtles, fish - and to the islands' complex social and political organization. These art forms are explored in the present volume, published in conjunction with the exhibition "Adorning the World: Art of the Marquesas Islands," held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Typee Illustrated written by Herman Melville and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American writer Herman Melville, published in early part of 1846, when Melville was 26 years old. Considered a classic in travel and adventure literature, the narrative is based on the author's actual experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands in 1842, supplemented with imaginative reconstruction and research from other books. The title comes from the valley of Taipivai, once known as Taipi. Typee was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime; it made him notorious as the "man who lived among the cannibals".
Author : Martial Moutcho
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781543127812
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (278 download)
Download or read book French Polynesia History and Culture written by Martial Moutcho and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: French Polynesia History and Culture. Early Settlement. People, Tradition and Lifestyle. A Book for tourism and Information. Polynesian culture, the beliefs and practices of the indigenous peoples of the ethnogeographic group of Pacific Islands known as Polynesia (from Greek poly 'many' and nesoi 'islands'). Polynesia encompasses a huge triangular area of the east-central Pacific Ocean. The triangle has its apex at the Hawaiian Islands in the north and its base angles at New Zealand (Aotearoa) in the west and Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in the east. It also includes (from northwest to southeast) Tuvalu, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, Samoa (formerly Western Samoa), American Samoa, Tonga, Niue, the Cook Islands, French Polynesia (Tahiti and the other Society Islands, the Marquesas Islands, the Austral Islands, and the Tuamotu Archipelago, including the Gambier Islands (formerly the Mangareva Islands), and Pitcairn Island. At the turn of the 21st century, about 70 percent of the total population of Polynesia resided in Hawaii
Author : Paul Theroux
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547525184
Total Pages : 731 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)
Download or read book The Happy Isles of Oceania written by Paul Theroux and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006-12-08 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The Great Railway Bazaar explores the South Pacific by kayak: “This exhilarating epic ranks with [his] best travel books” (Publishers Weekly). In one of his most exotic and adventuresome journeys, travel writer Paul Theroux embarks on an eighteen-month tour of the South Pacific, exploring fifty-one islands by collapsible kayak. Beginning in New Zealand's rain forests and ultimately coming to shore thousands of miles away in Hawaii, Theroux paddles alone over isolated atolls, through dirty harbors and shark-filled waters, and along treacherous coastlines. Along the way, Theroux meets the king of Tonga, encounters street gangs in Auckland, and investigates a cargo cult in Vanuatu. From Australia to Tahiti, Fiji, Easter Island, and beyond, this exhilarating tropical epic is full of disarming observations and high adventure.
Author : David Lorence
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780915809035
Total Pages : 1135 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Flora of the Marquesas Islands (set of Volumes 1 And 2) written by David Lorence and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-30 with total page 1135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A project spanning over three decades has come to fruition with the publication of the Flora of the Marquesas Islands authored by David H. Lorence (NTBG) and Warren L. Wagner (Smithsonian Institution). This two volume, 1135 page opus is a complete account of all of the vascular plants found in the Marquesas Islands and was developed and written on a web site format. The Marquesas are a volcanic archipelago of 12 islands and numerous islets situated within the eastern part of French Polynesia, making it one of the most isolated groups of oceanic islands. This collaborative project between the National Tropical Botanical Garden, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Délégation à la Recherche de la Polynésie française is intended to further knowledge of the flora of this remote archipelago.Volume 1 (411 pages, published in December 2019) includes introductory chapters covering the project's history, Marquesas geology and climate, history of plant collecting in the islands, flora and vegetation, plant communities, threats to the flora, conservation status of species including IUCN Red List recommendations, critical conservation considerations, and many other aspects, as well as taxonomic treatments of the native and naturalized lycophytes (fern allies), ferns, and monocots. Volume 1 is richly illustrated with 134 figures including 111 color plates, 21 elegant line drawings by Smithsonian illustrator Alice Tangerini, and two maps. A complete list of all exsiccatae (specimens studied) is given in the Exsiccatae section. Volume 2 (722 pages, published in September 2020) covers the dicots, dicot exsiccatae, a list of cultivated plants, a list of all literature cited, and an index to both volumes. Volume 2 comprises is richly illustrated with 252 color figures and line drawings.
Author : Colin W. Newbury
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824880323
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book Tahiti Nui written by Colin W. Newbury and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2019-03-31 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tahiti Nui is an account of the survival of a Polynesian society in the face of successive settlements of missionaries, traders, and administrators. Beginning with the first explorers and Captain Cook's scientific observations at Point Venus, Dr. Newbury has separated the various strands interwoven in the fabric of Tahitian society, tracing their development and showing how they interacted at successive stages. Missionaries and foreign traders, administrators and Polynesians, planters and immigrant Chinese have all contributed to the distinctive flavor of French Polynesia, with Tahiti and Tahitians becoming increasingly dominant, not just as the focus of the French administration in Pape'ete, but in the social networks and trading patterns that have evolved.
Author : Claude Hervé-Bazin
Publisher : Hunter Publishing, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9782884521697
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (216 download)
Download or read book Tahiti and French Polynesia written by Claude Hervé-Bazin and published by Hunter Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2000 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the heart of French Polynesia, Tahiti fervently clings to its ancient myths. It is the gateway to the entrancing Society Islands: Moorea, Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa and Bora Bora. The Tuamotu atolls, specks of white sands and coconut palms, enclose lagoons straight out of a dream. Further away, the Marquesas, painted by Gauguin, dis-close a wild and wonderful landscape and sacred valleys. This guide reveals the culture, the history and customs of this southerly garden of Eden. Sightseeing, dining and shopping tips with fold-out map and full-colour photographs.
Author : Emmanuel Deschamps
Publisher : Editions Alain Barthélemy
ISBN 13 : 9782879231747
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (317 download)
Download or read book L'archipel des Marquises written by Emmanuel Deschamps and published by Editions Alain Barthélemy. This book was released on 2002 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a beautifully illustrated guide to the remote Marquesas Islands of northeastern French Polynesia. The text is in both French and English in a side-by-side format. The first section discusses prehistory, flora and fauna, social life, tatooing, and the arrival of the Europeans. Section Two is a tour of the six principal islands of the Marquesas. Section Three is a tourist guide, with full details of travel arrangements, accomodations, restaurants, excursions and activities.
Author : Paul Gauguin
Publisher : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
ISBN 13 : 9783777442617
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)
Download or read book Gauguin, Polynesia written by Paul Gauguin and published by Hirmer Verlag GmbH. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The evolution of this fascinating encounter between European and Polynesian culture also focuses on the larger development of art in the Pacific in the era following its first European contact. Twelve insightful and original essays about Paul Gauguin and Polynesia, written by eminent scholars in the field of art history and ethnology, present the development of Polynesian art before and after Gauguin's stay in Polynesia at the end of the 19th century. The book presents over 60 works by Paul Gauguin, fully revealing the extent of the influence of Polynesian art and culture on his work, while also highlighting more than 60 works from the Pacific that exemplify the dynamic exchanges of Pacific Island peoples with Europeans throughout the 19th century."--Publisher's website.
Author : Willowdean Chatterson Handy
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486113590
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)
Download or read book Tattooing in the Marquesas written by Willowdean Chatterson Handy and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Definitive source on intricate tattoos of Polynesia's Marquesas Islands offers a rare glimpse of a vanished art. Its 38 plates of black-and-white drawings and photographs provide an unusually complete and intimate record.
Author : Frederick William Christian
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Eastern Pacific Lands: Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands written by Frederick William Christian and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Margaret Jolly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521346673
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (213 download)
Download or read book Family and Gender in the Pacific written by Margaret Jolly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-11-24 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 1989 examination of the effect of mission evangelism and colonial intervention on the family life of Pacific peoples.
Download or read book French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands (Iles Marquises) written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: A map showing Martins Isle (Nuku Hiva), Rious Isle (Ua Huka) and Traverse Isle (Ua Pou), with a plan of Port Anna Maria (Taiohae). Shows the coastline, hydrography, anchorages, settlements and remarks.
Author : France. Ambassade (U.S.). Service de presse et d'information
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book French Polynesia written by France. Ambassade (U.S.). Service de presse et d'information and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jan Prince
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781883323707
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (237 download)
Download or read book Tahiti and French Polynesia Guide written by Jan Prince and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tahiti and her islands represent a dream trip of a lifetime for many North Americans, an enchanted and beautiful place where one can escape to a mysterious South Seas island paradise. "Tahiti and French Polynesia Guide" offers the best of the area's 118 islands and atolls, giving a wide range of lodgings and restaurants across all price ranges. Maps throughout.
